| 90 |
Variety
Jay Weissberg
Big, loud and full of testosterone-fueled car fantasies, Michael Bay's actioner hits a new peak for CGI work, showcasing spectacular chases and animated transformation sequences seamlessly blended into live-action surroundings.
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| 90 |
The Hollywood Reporter
Transformers is a wet dream for fanboys, with vehicles that whiz and whir into alien robots, spectacular sci-fi stunt chases, glistening military hardware, overheated computer software and brainy, hot girls who love Popular Mechanics.
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| 83 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It's all about the sheer visceral rush of mega action.
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| 80 |
LA Weekly
Luke Y. Thompson
The movie's biggest misstep is a complete lack of the classic Transformers theme song. How do you not use the coolest ’80s toyline-turned-cartoon music ever?
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| 80 |
Empire
Ian Nathan
The script may have rubbery legs, but the action is rock-hard. The surprise is the lightness of touch: treat as a comedy for best results.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Even more ridiculous than it sounds.
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| 75 |
Portland Oregonian
LaBeouf is likable and grounded, two things you need from the lead in a film like this, although his female co-stars seem to have been cast based on how well their Maxim covers would sell.
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| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor
Just about everything connected to this movie is a tie-in, except for the popcorn. And even then I'm not too sure.
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| 75 |
USA Today
Yes, it's loud, explosive and silly, but it also perfectly embodies the concept of a summer blockbuster with its simple good-guys-vs.-bad-guys plot, cheeky humor and flawless special effects.
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| 75 |
New York Daily News
A classic Michael Bay mega-movie. Interested in plot and character development? Move along. You're blocking the view.
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| 75 |
Miami Herald
The most surprising thing about Michael Bay's much-anticipated, blockbuster-bound Transformers is how funny the movie is.
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| 75 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
It's a heavy-metal opera with humor.
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| 75 |
Premiere
Eric Alt
Grab some popcorn and make a pit stop, then sit back and enjoy it. You signed up for a movie about giant robots.
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| 75 |
Baltimore Sun
The whole thing is too giddy to be taken seriously and too much of a confection to leave much of a lasting impression. But for 140 minutes, at least, it should give non-fanboys at least an idea of what all the fuss is about.
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| 75 |
Charlotte Observer
The energy never lets up, and two committed, unfussy leading actors are an improvement over other summer flicks.
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| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
Everything comes down to an epic battle between the Transformers and the Decepticons, and that's when my attention began to wander, and the movie lost a potential fourth star.
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| 70 |
The New Yorker
In previous movies, Michael Bay dabbled wearily in Homo sapiens. At last he has summoned the courage to admit that he has an exclusive crush on machines, and I congratulate him on creating, in Transformers, his first truly honest work of art.
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| 70 |
Slate
Dana Stevens
The final scene is pure teen wish fulfillment: Imagine making out with your girlfriend on the hood of your sentient Camaro, as your own personal robot bodyguard looks on fondly (all right, that part's a little creepy).
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| 70 |
Washington Post
It's a wonderfully playful experience.
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| 70 |
Film Threat
Depending on your expectations for Transformers, rear-ending theaters this July 4th, you’ll either be ecstatic or horrified to learn that the movie hits on all three cylinders in convincing fashion.
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| 70 |
Wall Street Journal
Joanne Kaufman
For almost two hours of car chases and car wrecks and extraordinary animated transformation sequences that meld fluidly with live action, the welcome mat is out for Michael Bay's cheerfully dopey saga.
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| 70 |
Village Voice
Nathan Lee
Transformers is mercilessly inhuman and completely hysterical from frame one.
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| 67 |
Entertainment Weekly
Bay, at heart, isn't a fantasist; he's a literal-minded maestro of demolition.
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| 63 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Some kind of mess...terpiece.
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| 63 |
Boston Globe
Partly impressive, partly inane buck-banging toy of a movie.
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| 63 |
Chicago Tribune
The climax of Transformers contains all that is proficient and slick and all that is drecky and soulless in Bay's work.
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| 50 |
The New York Times
A movie of epically assaultive noise and nonsense.
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| 50 |
New York Post
Deafeningly loud and proudly silly epic.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
8-year-olds of all ages, prepare to storm the multiplex!
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| 42 |
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Turns the franchise into a terrible '80s comedy.
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| 40 |
Time
The film has just enough collisions to be a crashing bore.
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| 40 |
Austin Chronicle
Transformers is about as clever as an unplugged blender.
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| 40 |
Los Angeles Times
Transformers' multiple earthling story lines are tedious and oddly lifeless, doing little besides marking time until those big toys fill the screen.
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| 38 |
ReelViews
Louder, flashier, and more hollow than anything else out there.
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| 30 |
Chicago Reader
Not a movie, just one gigantic commercial for Hasbro.
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